Zbignew Brzezinski: Bill Clinton for Mideast

Former national security adviser Zbignew Brzezinski suggested on Wednesday a tag-team effort by Bill Clinton and President Barack Obama could broker a deal for lasting peace between Israel and Palestine.

“One doesn’t rule out the other,” Brzezinski said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” when asked about the idea that the former president could serve as a peace envoy to the region. “The negotiating process will take more than two weeks. So you need someone with hands on, and I think former President Clinton would be terrific. But you need to have presidential engagement at some stage early on, then in the middle, and then to consummate the deal. The point is pressure has to be applied consistently.”

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Ariz. GOP Sen. John McCain first suggested Bill Clinton could serve as envoy during an appearance Sunday on CBS’s “Face The Nation.”

Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, who helped broker a peace agreement in Northern Ireland, served as envoy to the region for the first two years of Obama’s administration. He was replaced by a lower-profile deputy, former Ambassador to Jordan David Hale.